Visiting Morocco

Investment performance of Morocco

In recent years, promoting investment and cleaning up the business environment have been strategic priorities. Today, Morocco’s ability to attract structuring investments is confirmed.

Moroccan direct investments in Africa, worth 37 billion dirhams between 2003 and 2017, are the bulk of outward FDI from Morocco, with an average share of 60% of total outward flows. Morocco is the 2nd investor in Africa. Our ambition is to rise to the rank of the 1st investor in the continent.

Morocco has managed to improve its image as a regional platform in several areas including finance, automotive, agriculture and renewable energy. This position has enabled it to reinforce its investments in the continent. For example, the Office Cherifien des Phosphates (OCP) created in 2016 "OCP Africa" ​​dedicated to the development of the Group's activities in Africa with its subsidiaries in Nigeria, Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Côte d ' ivory, Ghana, Tanzania, DRC, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Senegal, Benin, Mozambique.

Thanks to these achievements, Morocco has become a privileged destination for European, Arab, American and Asian investments. Witness the diversity of the countries that invest in Morocco: France with an investment amount of 3.5 billion dollars, China with 2.8 billion investments. The United Arab Emirates 2.7 billion, the United States 1.8 billion, Spain 1.6 billion and Italy 1.5 billion.

The latest ranking "Africa Investment Index 2018" ranked Morocco as the most attractive destination for investments directed to the Continent. This observation is the result of the efforts made by the Kingdom in terms of enhancing the business climate in general, its geographical position as a crossroads between Europe, Africa and the Middle East, its economic openness and the multiple Free Trade Agreements, which connect it with several countries, giving access to a market, which exceeds one billion consumers.

Morocco has entered into partnerships with international financial institutions with a view to strengthening cooperation in the development of value chains in the Moroccan economic sectors.

Morocco has strengthened its position in the global value chain in certain areas, such as the automotive sector, where significant progress has been made. To this end, our country is trying to strengthen the attraction of large international groups through the implementation of structuring projects relating to an industrial infrastructure enabling Morocco to improve the performance of its economy at continental and international levels.

Large groups have chosen Morocco as a destination for its growth and development opportunities: After Renault in the automobile sector, or even Safran in aeronautics, these include the following major groups: Eaton, Aerolia, Alcoa, Shandong, PSA Peugeot Citröen. These implantations attest to the confidence placed in Morocco by world-renowned groups as a destination and reaffirm the position of the Kingdom as a platform for production and trade.

Morocco attracted a record amount of 33.5 billion dirhams in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2018, despite an unfavorable international and regional context, that being an increase of 28.6% compared to 2017, in sectors as diverse as the automotive, aeronautical, renewable energy, agri-food, textiles and many others.

Invest in Morocco

Investment performance of Morocco

In recent years, promoting investment and cleaning up the business environment have been strategic priorities. Today, Morocco’s ability to attract structuring investments is confirmed.

Moroccan direct investments in Africa, worth 37 billion dirhams between 2003 and 2017, are the bulk of outward FDI from Morocco, with an average share of 60% of total outward flows. Morocco is the 2nd investor in Africa. Our ambition is to rise to the rank of the 1st investor in the continent.

Morocco has managed to improve its image as a regional platform in several areas including finance, automotive, agriculture and renewable energy. This position has enabled it to reinforce its investments in the continent. For example, the Office Cherifien des Phosphates (OCP) created in 2016 "OCP Africa" ​​dedicated to the development of the Group's activities in Africa with its subsidiaries in Nigeria, Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Côte d ' ivory, Ghana, Tanzania, DRC, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Senegal, Benin, Mozambique.

Thanks to these achievements, Morocco has become a privileged destination for European, Arab, American and Asian investments. Witness the diversity of the countries that invest in Morocco: France with an investment amount of 3.5 billion dollars, China with 2.8 billion investments. The United Arab Emirates 2.7 billion, the United States 1.8 billion, Spain 1.6 billion and Italy 1.5 billion.

The latest ranking "Africa Investment Index 2018" ranked Morocco as the most attractive destination for investments directed to the Continent. This observation is the result of the efforts made by the Kingdom in terms of enhancing the business climate in general, its geographical position as a crossroads between Europe, Africa and the Middle East, its economic openness and the multiple Free Trade Agreements, which connect it with several countries, giving access to a market, which exceeds one billion consumers.

Morocco has entered into partnerships with international financial institutions with a view to strengthening cooperation in the development of value chains in the Moroccan economic sectors.

Morocco has strengthened its position in the global value chain in certain areas, such as the automotive sector, where significant progress has been made. To this end, our country is trying to strengthen the attraction of large international groups through the implementation of structuring projects relating to an industrial infrastructure enabling Morocco to improve the performance of its economy at continental and international levels.

Large groups have chosen Morocco as a destination for its growth and development opportunities: After Renault in the automobile sector, or even Safran in aeronautics, these include the following major groups: Eaton, Aerolia, Alcoa, Shandong, PSA Peugeot Citröen. These implantations attest to the confidence placed in Morocco by world-renowned groups as a destination and reaffirm the position of the Kingdom as a platform for production and trade.

Morocco attracted a record amount of 33.5 billion dirhams in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in 2018, despite an unfavorable international and regional context, that being an increase of 28.6% compared to 2017, in sectors as diverse as the automotive, aeronautical, renewable energy, agri-food, textiles and many others.

In addition to these universities, there are engineering schools. Studies are recognized by a state engineer diploma

CPGE: The Preparatory Schools for the Grandes Ecoles (CPGE) recruit on the basis of two applications and prepare for the entrance exam to the Grandes Ecoles in two years.

Business and management schools: On the trade side, there are 10 national business and management schools (ENCG). In 5 years, they train executives in the fields of commerce and management, leading, for example, to professions in finance, accounting and human resources.

Any foreign candidate for registration in Morocco is invited to carefully fill in the application form available on the website of the Moroccan Agency for International Cooperation (AMCI).

The duly completed form must be attached to the application file, the documents for which are listed on the AMCI website. This form must be filed with the competent authorities of his country of origin, who are the only ones empowered to judge the advisability of transmitting it to the competent Moroccan authorities.

The files of the selected candidates are sent by AMCI to the relevant ministerial departments in order to be evaluated by the relevant departments and the relevant scientific commissions.

The final authorization is established in the name of the candidate selected for registration in Morocco. It is valid only for the establishment and the academic year for which the candidate was selected.

Upon arrival in Morocco

Once in Morocco, students must go as quickly as possible to AMCI to complete their application and receive their scholarship if they are scholarship holders, as well as to the nearest Central police station to obtain their residence permit. .

Finance your studies

The AMCI grants scholarships to foreign students annually as part of cooperation agreements between the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco and the Governments of brotherly and friendly countries; as part of the Moroccan scholarship offer notified to beneficiary countries.
To find accommodation

Morocco has about 25 university cities and boarding schools. The Moroccan International Cooperation Agency obtains quotas each year for students enrolled through it in the university halls of the country.

AMCI also has an International University City (CUI) in Rabat with more than 500 beds, including 4 pavilions, a conference room, a library, a medico-social center, gyms, etc. You will find how to benefit from it on the AMCI website.

You can also choose to rent accommodation, by contacting real estate agencies.